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mainsheet Definition

main·sheet (-s̸hēt′)

noun

a sheet, or line, controlling the angle at which the mainsail is set

mainsheet Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • pull: If you pull the mainsheet or kicker on harder you pull it in the wrong direction ( to the middle of the boat!
  • ease: If it begins to feel dead, ease the mainsheet a fraction.
  • adjust: I t is stuck in a high position thanks to a small wedge on which a pulley adjusts the mainsheet.
  • use: I intend to do as much sailing as I can over the winter as I need to get back into using center mainsheet again.

Modifies a noun

  • block: The mainsheet block has been attached to the shackle on the arm of the centreplate.
  • movement: The sequence should follow mainsheet movement, slight rudder, mainsheet, rudder.

Noun used with modifier

  • center: I intend to do as much sailing as I can over the winter as I need to get back into using center mainsheet again.